Labour’s shift in focus is working. Now under Prime Minister Chris Hipkins Labour has a laser-like focus directed at the working class politics of places like West Auckland and the Hutt Valley. And potentially allows the Greens to take up more of Labour’s vote, while Labour wins back working class support from National. It drives me nuts.” Likewise, Chlöe Swarbrick said that Labour’s dropping the alcohol sponsorship reform was an “absolute slap in the face”. Writing today for Newsroom, political editor Jo Moir is scathing, saying “Labour has overtaken National as the party of doing nothing.

Source: Stuff March 14, 2023 02:45 UTC